Regarding the fourth inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that a 98-year-old woman was found dead the day after the inoculation.
It is the first time that a person has died after the fourth vaccination, and the causal relationship with the vaccination cannot be evaluated.
The fourth vaccination has been promoted nationwide since May, limiting the target to people aged 60 and over and people aged 18 and over with underlying diseases.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revealed at an expert meeting held on the 8th that a 98-year-old woman who had been vaccinated with Pfizer on June 27 had died after receiving a report from Pfizer.
The woman lived in a facility, and she died the next morning when staff patrolled.
The cause of death is unknown, and the causal relationship between inoculation and death cannot be evaluated at this time.
As of the announcement on the 7th, there were approximately 1.49 million people nationwide who received the fourth vaccination, and this is the first time that death has been confirmed after vaccination.